Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun help Rockets hold off late Mavericks rally to win 108-102

Jalen Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Alperen Sengun added 17 points and 12 rebounds, and nan Houston Rockets held disconnected a fourth-quarter Dallas rally to hit nan Mavericks 108-102

DALLAS -- Jalen Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Alperen Sengun added 17 points and 12 rebounds, and nan Houston Rockets held disconnected a fourth-quarter Dallas rally to hit nan Mavericks 108-102 connected Thursday night.

The Rockets led by 23 points precocious successful nan 3rd 4th earlier nan defending Western Conference champions trim Houston's lead to 103-100 pinch a infinitesimal to play.

Dillon Brooks besides had 17 for nan Rockets, and Tari Eason scored 15 disconnected nan chair for nan Rockets, whose reserves outscored nan Mavericks’ 33-21.

Luka Doncic led Dallas pinch 29 points, including 15 successful nan 4th quarter.

Kyrie Irving scored 28, and Klay Thompson was nan only different Maverick to people successful double figures pinch 12 points.

Rockets: Houston was 3rd successful nan NBA averaging 94.5 section extremity attempts per crippled anterior to Thursday and put up 97 shots. Dallas attempted 85 shots.

Mavericks: The halfway tandem of Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively was plagued by foul trouble. Lively had 5 and Gafford 4 done 3 quarters. They vanished pinch a mixed six rebounds arsenic nan Rockets outrebounded nan Mavericks 50-37 and outscored them 20-8 connected second-chance points.

Doncic sank a 3-pointer pinch 1:08 near pulling Dallas wrong three, but Amen Thompson answered for Houston pinch a fadeaway jumper pinch 43 seconds remaining.

The Mavericks dug excessively heavy of a spread aft shooting 2 for 12 connected 3-pointers successful nan first half.

The Rockets statesman a three-game homestand connected Saturday against nan Warriors, and nan Mavericks play nan first of a location back-to-back connected Sunday against nan Magic.

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